Miércoles con Almodóvar This colorful and controversial tribute to the pleasures & perils of Stockholm syndrome is a rambunctious dark comedy starring Antonio Banderas as an alluring ex-mental patient & Victoria Abril as the former porn star he takes prisoner; hoping she will marry him. A highly unconventional romance, this is a splashy, sexy central work in the career of one of the world’s most beloved and provocative auteurs, radiantly shot by the director’s great cinematographer, José Luis Alcaine.